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Stick-On Lenses Turn Your Phone Camera Into a Microscope

Lens accessories for smartphones are by no means a new idea, but they’re often clunky, awkward to use, and far from something you’d want to try and squeeze into your pocket. These Blips lenses are a different story: They attach to your smartphone like a piece of tape, and are slim enough to carry alongside…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski May 16 '16

Iron Man 3 Director Claims Marvel Wouldn’t Let the Film’s Villain Be Female

Shane Black’s Iron Man 3 is well-known for a major twist regarding its villain. Who could have imagined a behind-the-scenes twist could be even more surprising? In a new interview, Black says in an early draft of the script the main villain was female, but Marvel executives told him he had to change it. “There…

io9 Germain Lussier May 16 '16

The Surprising Reason Warcraft Stands Apart From Other CG Epics

Watch two seconds from Warcraft and it’s obvious that visual effects are essential to its existence. Virtually every shot contains some kind of digital element, making it a fantasy in every sense of the word. So to keep the movie grounded, director Duncan Jones told the team at Industrial Light and Magic there would be…

Movies Germain Lussier May 16 '16

Our Solar System Could Remain Habitable Long After Earth Is Destroyed

In a few billion years, the oceans will boil away and the atmosphere will burn up as our sun expands into a red giant. It’ll be game-over for life on Earth, but in the outer solar system, the party will just be getting started. Europa and Enceladus will melt into ocean moons, offering a refuge…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone May 16 '16

The Many Myths of Making Star Wars, Busted

The creation of a saga as big and iconic as Star Wars has led to many tall tales about its production. While there’s a certain romanticism to the making of a series like Star Wars, not every behind-the-scenes story is true, as pointed out in this excellent video by WhatCulture. The video gathers 10 of…

io9 James Whitbrook May 16 '16

Australian Athletes Will Get Anti-Zika Condoms for the Olympic Games

It’s no secret that Olympic athletes like to get it on. Recognizing this, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) is adding an extra measure to help its prized athletes stay safe: antiviral condoms that help protect against the Zika virus. The AOC teamed up with condom maker Ansell and pharmaceutical company Starpharma to produce the prophylactics,…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman May 16 '16

Of Course AMC’s Created an Aftershow for Preacher

At this point, half of AMC’s programming consists of aftershows for the other half. The most shocking thing about this news it that it took this long to announce that Preacher was getting one. It’s going to be called Talking Preacher, because The Talking Dead was vaguely pun-shaped and now the network’s stuck calling all…

Television Katharine Trendacosta May 16 '16

How a Digital Projector Produces Trillions of Colors Without Catching on Fire

Some digital projectors can produce 281 trillion shades of color. That’s approximately 40 thousands colors for each and every person on Earth. What makes them work is theoretically simple, but the technological feat requires extreme precision in practice. The guts of these projectors consist of a prism that splits light into red, green, and blue…

Sploid Avery Ellis May 16 '16

Researchers Just Solved One of the Biggest Problems for World Hunger

Planet Earth is doomed with a fast growing global population and a limited amount of farmland to produce food for everyone. That means that we’re going to need to figure out how to maximize what we’ve got—and researchers just made a major breakthrough in getting the most from our crops. Biologists from Cold Spring Harbor…

Tech News Ria Misra May 16 '16

Surgeons Perform First Successful Penis Transplant in the United States

A 64-year-old man who lost his penis to cancer is the nation’s first recipient of a penis transplant. The experimental procedure is poised to help thousands of men who have lost their genitals to disease, accident, or combat. Thomas Manning, a bank courier from Massachusetts, is the first man in the United States to receive…

Tech News George Dvorsky May 16 '16

Everyone’s on Board for Another Season of The X-Files

If the show does come back, the first episode had better just be Chris Carter apologizing for that finale for an hour. Fox chairman and CEO Dana Walden told reporters that the network has been in talks with Carter, Gillian Anderson, and David Duchovny for an eleventh season of The X-Files. “I believe everyone is…

Television Katharine Trendacosta May 16 '16

Recently Declassified Photos Show the Birth of the Soviet Space Program

Kapustin Yar (known today as Znamensk) is one of the Soviet Union’s first rocket launch and missile development sites. The test ground was established on May 13, 1946, and to mark its 70th anniversary Russia’s Defense Ministry has declassified revealing photographs of the site that offer a peak inside the top secret military complex. The…

Space & Spaceflight Attila Nagy May 16 '16

If You Didn’t Cry During Last Night’s Game of Thrones You May Be a White Walker

So much happened on yet another outrageously plot-packed episode of Game of Thrones, but if there’s one scene that I can’t get out of my head, one scene that defined the entire episode for me, one scene I have literally been waiting years for, it’s this: There were two Starks on the same screen. Yes,…

Television Rob Bricken May 16 '16

The Keys on This Keyboard Respond Differently to Every Finger

Instead of having to play a tiny version of Twister with your fingers to press multiple keys for capital letters, symbols, or other shortcuts, the Finger-Aware keyboard watches your hands so that the keys on your laptop’s keyboard respond differently depending on what finger you’re using. Developed by Jingjie Zheng and Professor Daniel Vogel of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 16 '16

The Assassin’s Creed Film Might Have Forgotten What Made Assassin’s Creed Great

Last week we got our first, beautiful glimpse of Michael Fassbender running around shanking people in the face for the Assassin’s Creed movie—and it was actually quite promising! But fresh news about the film will give anyone familiar with the gaming franchise cause for concern. https://gizmodo.com/the-first-assassins-creed-movie-trailer-needs-you-to-ta-1776186898 The Assassin’s Creed universe divides its story into two…

Movies James Whitbrook May 16 '16

This Exploding Bike Alarm Might Actually Be Effective

About ten minutes after the very first car alarm went off, the tech went from being a genuine theft deterrent to an annoyance that everyone just ignores. The makers of the Bike Mine have a better idea, at least when it comes to getting people to notice when a bike or motorcycle is being stolen:…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski May 16 '16

How Wolverine’s Role in X-Men: Apocalypse Is Something ‘You’ve Never Seen Before’

Kevin Feige talks about casting Black Panther. A sequel to Fantastic Four may still happen. Shane Black teases updates to the Predator design in his upcoming reboot. Stephen Amell has a hairy tease for Arrow. Plus, new pictures from the season finales of Legends of Tomorrow and The 100. To me, my Spoilers! X-Men: Apocalypse…

Television James Whitbrook May 16 '16

3 Reasons to Use Airplane Mode That Don’t Involve Flying

Technically, Airplane Mode is meant to prevent your phone from interfering with the instruments on board an aircraft (even though we know the risk of that is relatively low). However, it can prove useful in a host of other situations too: We’ve previously covered some of them on Field Guide, and here are three more…

Gadgets David Nield May 16 '16

John Oliver Thinks 911 Needs a Tech Overhaul

Many of the call centers that handle your emergency calls are powered by out-dated technology. John Oliver thinks that’s “fine if you’re describing a Radio Shack, but a little scary if you’re calling a place that handles emergency situations.” He reckons that it’s time things changed. 911—or the thing you call after WebMD fails you,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe May 16 '16

Typo Bank Attacks Linked With 2014 Sony Pictures Hack

Security researchers have identified “strong links” between recent Swift bank attacks, one of which was foiled by a typo, and the Sony Pictures hacks of 2014. You probably remember the recent bank of Bangladesh hack, in which criminals made off with $80 million before being caught by a typo. The hackers used malware, called evtdiag.exe,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe May 16 '16

Stick-On Lenses Turn Your Phone Camera Into a Microscope

Iron Man 3 Director Claims Marvel Wouldn’t Let the Film’s Villain Be Female

The Surprising Reason Warcraft Stands Apart From Other CG Epics

Our Solar System Could Remain Habitable Long After Earth Is Destroyed

The Many Myths of Making Star Wars, Busted

Australian Athletes Will Get Anti-Zika Condoms for the Olympic Games

Of Course AMC’s Created an Aftershow for Preacher

How a Digital Projector Produces Trillions of Colors Without Catching on Fire

Researchers Just Solved One of the Biggest Problems for World Hunger

Surgeons Perform First Successful Penis Transplant in the United States

Everyone’s on Board for Another Season of The X-Files

Recently Declassified Photos Show the Birth of the Soviet Space Program

If You Didn’t Cry During Last Night’s Game of Thrones You May Be a White Walker

The Keys on This Keyboard Respond Differently to Every Finger

The Assassin’s Creed Film Might Have Forgotten What Made Assassin’s Creed Great

This Exploding Bike Alarm Might Actually Be Effective

How Wolverine’s Role in X-Men: Apocalypse Is Something ‘You’ve Never Seen Before’

3 Reasons to Use Airplane Mode That Don’t Involve Flying

John Oliver Thinks 911 Needs a Tech Overhaul

Typo Bank Attacks Linked With 2014 Sony Pictures Hack

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